Tidewater Review

A King William woman was found guilty of giving a false rape report in King William General District Court. Sandra Harris, 44, plead no contest to a charge of knowingly giving a false report of a crime to law enforcement and a charge of willfully making a false statement or representation to a...

Tidewater Review

A King William woman plead no contest to a charge of knowingly giving a false report of a crime to law enforcement and a charge of willfully making a false statement or representation to a law enforcement investigator, both misdemeanors, Sept. 21.

A King William woman plead no contest to a charge of knowingly giving a false report of a crime to law enforcement and a charge of willfully making a false statement or representation to a law enforcement investigator, both misdemeanors, Sept. 21. (Tidewater Review)

Community News

Arts Alive proudly presents Two on Tap - a Broadway song and dance duo - on Saturday, October 21. The performance will be held at the Robinson/Olsson Auditorium in West Point at 7:00 pm and is sponsored by WestRock. Melissa Giattino and Ron DeStefano take you to the days when Fred & Ginger and...

The next meeting for the SRBA Board (Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association and its Allied Ministries) will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2017 (10:00 AM) at the Angel Visit Baptist Church at 29566 Tidewater Trail in Dunnsville, VA (Essex County) where Rev. Dr. Carla Lightfoot is the Pastor...

Arts Alive, Inc. is thrilled to announce an exciting line up of performances for our 2017-2018 Season Series at the Robinson/Olsson Civic Auditorium and Fine Arts Center in West Point, VA. Don't miss these high quality shows at a reasonable price right here in your community. The Season Series...

Adrienne Frank, recently retired from Child Development Resources after 39 years of service. Adrienne was an Occupational Therapist and the Director of CDR's Parents as Teachers program, among many other notable positions within the agency. As a retirement gift, the PAT staff presented her with...

Sports

After losing their first five games of the season, the King William Cavaliers are finally back on track, winning their first two Tidewater District games of the season, including a 55-20 romp over Mathews Friday during Homecoming. “I couldn’t be prouder of our seniors,” King William Coach Dyan...

Cavalier sophomore golfer Taylor Hubbard became the first player in King Williams’s history to win the 2A Regional Golf championship. Taylor shot a one under 70 to win the event on Sept. 26 at the Kinderton Country Club in Clarksville. “Last year, Taylor finished fifth in the state tournament....

The skinny about Poquoson High being a blue collar football team was no cliché in its 14-7 win over New Kent in their Bay Rivers District game on Friday at Poquoson Middle School. Even on the one Islanders play that featured some panache, Bailey Green’s 72-yard touchdown run that broke the 7-7...

King William showed a spark Thursday evening, scoring first against a Bruton team that had gone winless for its past 19 games. The Cavaliers started the first quarter with a Corey Stewart interception. The offense, quarterbacked by Lance Alfonso, pushed the ball downfield, setting up a Marc Gresham...

Life

Most people attend their high school reunion to catch up with old friends. The New Kent High School class of 1967 will attend its 50th reunion to find out what gifts deceased classmate Simon Klint left behind. That's the premise behind “My Alma Martyr,” a murder mystery romp written by Susan Haley....

The Bible isn’t exactly a quick read. New Kent author Rubin Eatmon hopes his book can make the word of God more accessible to Christians and nonbelievers alike. “The Book of Life: Devotional messages and poetry for the heart” is a collection of 23 poems and 31 devotionals. The work seeks to uplift...

Colonial Kitchen & Market is hosting a fundraising event with live music, a corn hole tournament and served by celebrity waiters. All proceeds from the celebrity waiter event on Aug. 26 will support the opening of the emergency domestic violence shelter Bridges of Change. "The Bridges of Change...

Opinion

This Nov. 7, we will go to the polls and select who we want to represent us in the 97th District of the Virginia House of Delegates. I urge you to re-elect Del. Chris Peace. He has the knowledge and ability to get things done and is the type of leader we need representing King William. Chris is...

Twenty four states give easier ballot access (than Virginia) to its citizens via initiatives and referendum. One of the facts when doing my research, was the lower taxes and spending in the states allow for this easier access. More creative solutions to problems were found when you engage citizens...

We are writing to express our opposition to a proposed conditional use permit requested by Charles Snead to operate a camping resort — known as Zebulon's Grotto — at his residence on Roane Oak Trail in King William. The property on Roane Oak Trail is zoned for agricultural conservation. Roane Oak...

Two weeks after fighting together against the Islamic State, Iraqi forces pushed their Kurdish allies out of the disputed city of Kirkuk on Monday, seizing oil fields and other facilities amid soaring tensions over last month's Kurdish vote for independence. The move by the Iraqi military and its...

Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who vanished in Afghanistan and spent five years in brutal captivity before the United States recovered him in a controversial prisoner swap, pleaded guilty Monday in an Army courtroom to two crimes in connection with his disappearance. Bergdahl, 31, entered the pleas to...

During the campaign, when President Donald Trump's team wanted him to stop talking about a certain issue — such as when he attacked a Gold Star military family — they sometimes presented him with polls demonstrating how the controversy was harming his candidacy. During the transition, when aides...